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Imagine trying to listen to a friend speak over the commotion of a loud party. It is difficult to detect and process sounds in noisy environments, especially for those with hearing loss.This post was originally […]

McGill University researchers have demonstrated that AMPA receptors (AMPARs), which mediate fast excitatory neurotransmission in the brain fundamental to learning and memory processes, exhibit varying degrees of calcium permeability depending on their subunit composition.This post […]

Roughly 200 million women around the world suffer from endometriosis, a condition that causes tissue from the lining of the uterus to grow in places outside of the uterus. The condition can be exceptionally painful […]

A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said.This post was originally published […]

Mucormycosis, a fungal infection caused by Mucorales, has high mortality rates in people with weakened immune systems and those suffering from severe trauma like burns, blast injuries or victims of natural disasters. The disease caused […]

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have investigated the changes in the primary evaluation items in phase II clinical trials for glioblastoma, a type of brain tumor. Recently, the items have become more diverse, with […]

Patients hoping for a kidney transplant must first undergo a battery of medical tests to determine whether they are suitable candidates for the procedure and healthy enough to take post-transplant immunosuppressant drugs to prevent organ […]

Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type—the blood stem cell. An international research team led by Universitätsmedizin Frankfurt and Goethe University has now investigated the developmental […]

Researchers have uncovered a stealth survival strategy that melanoma cells use to evade targeted therapy, offering a promising new approach to improving treatment outcomes.This post was originally published on this site

Researchers at The Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have demonstrated the potential for a new combination therapy to improve outcomes for patients with myelofibrosis, a rare and aggressive […]